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The latest questions and answers, from members following The Devil and Tom Walker at eNotes.Wed, 25 Mar 2015 07:24:41 PSTen-usIn the forest, when Tom Walker makes an agreement with Old Scratch for...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/tom-doesnt-become-slave-trader-what-action-does-he-475844
In the forest, when Tom Walker makes an agreement with Old Scratch for wealth, he is unwilling to go so far as to sell human flesh, refusing to be a slave trader. Instead, he becomes a usurer since the Devil [was]...extremely anxious for the increase of usurers, looking upon them as his peculiar people and it appealed to Tom. So Tom Walker opens a broker's shop in Boston the following month. In a short while, Tom begins lending money for "a...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/tom-doesnt-become-slave-trader-what-action-does-he-475844Wed, 25 Mar 2015 07:24:41 PSTIf I remember correctly, Tom becomes awfully religious. He begins to go...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/tom-doesnt-become-slave-trader-what-action-does-he-475844
If I remember correctly, Tom becomes awfully religious. He begins to go to church believing that he can "chase the devil" from him. He keeps a large Bible on his desk and carries a small one in his pocket everywhere he goes. He also becomes very judgmental and keeps track of others' sins to show he is not as sinful as others.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/tom-doesnt-become-slave-trader-what-action-does-he-475844#1Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:55:36 PSTTom doesn't become a slave trader. What action does he take instead?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/tom-doesnt-become-slave-trader-what-action-does-he-475844
Tom doesn't become a slave trader. What action does he take instead?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/tom-doesnt-become-slave-trader-what-action-does-he-475844#2March 25, 2015, 4:30 am PSTWashington Irving's satire on the religious hypocrisy and the avarice of...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-does-toms-house-carriage-reflect-his-character-475134
Washington Irving's satire on the religious hypocrisy and the avarice of the Puritans has the main character Tom Walker enter into a contract with the Devil in return for a fortune. As part of the pact, Tom must agree to be either a slave trader or a usurer; Tom has qualms about selling slaves, so he agrees to be a usurer. In time, Tom Walker's reputation becomes legendary, ...Tom was the universal friend of the needy, and acted like a...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-does-toms-house-carriage-reflect-his-character-475134Wed, 4 Mar 2015 13:04:08 PSTIn "The Devil and Tom Walker," how do Tom's house and carriage reflect...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-does-toms-house-carriage-reflect-his-character-475134
In "The Devil and Tom Walker," how do Tom's house and carriage reflect his character?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-does-toms-house-carriage-reflect-his-character-475134#3March 4, 2015, 1:51 am PSTPerhaps the "buried treasure" to which the narrator alludes includes a...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/explain-following-quote-devil-presided-hiding-474375
Perhaps the "buried treasure" to which the narrator alludes includes a metaphor for the hidden darkness of the sin of greed as well as some buried wealth. Whenever Captain Kidd entered the inlet mentioned in the exposition and buried his treasure, the Devil appeared "to have his due" as the old expression goes. Therefore, when Tom Walker discovers the treasure for which Kidd never returned, the "black man" reappears as there is a new soul for...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/explain-following-quote-devil-presided-hiding-474375Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:00:16 PSTPlease explain this quote from "The Devil and Tom Walker": "The Devil...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/explain-following-quote-devil-presided-hiding-474375
Please explain this quote from "The Devil and Tom Walker": "The Devil presided at the hiding of the money, and took it under his guardianship; but this it is well known he always does with buried treasure particularly when it has been ill-gotten."http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/explain-following-quote-devil-presided-hiding-474375#4February 12, 2015, 2:25 am PSTInsofar as Washington Irving was reputed to have adapted Christopher...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-one-condition-between-tom-devil-473809
Insofar as Washington Irving was reputed to have adapted Christopher Marlowe’s 16th Century legend of Dr. Faustus, who sells his soul to the devil in return for infinite wisdom and knowledge and the material benefits that accrue from a pact with Satan, then it can logically be presumed that Irving’s protagonist, Tom Walker, has similarly bargained away his soul in exchange for wealth. One condition, therefore, imposed by the devil,...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-one-condition-between-tom-devil-473809Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:45:03 PSTWhat is one condition between Tom and the devil in Washington Irving's...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-one-condition-between-tom-devil-473809
What is one condition between Tom and the devil in Washington Irving's The Devil and Tom Walker?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-one-condition-between-tom-devil-473809#5January 20, 2015, 4:40 pm PSTThe Devil and Tom Walker is the kind of story that has a great moral...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-was-tom-walkers-reaction-death-his-wife-459224
The Devil and Tom Walker is the kind of story that has a great moral lesson to it. The devil wants to make a deal with Tom Walker, but Tom isn't so sure. He goes home to talk it over with his wife. His wife is even more greedy than Tom is, and wants him to make the deal immediately. When Tom doesn't go and make the deal, Mrs. Walker decides to go and make the deal herself. When she doesn't return home, Tom goes to look for her. When he finds...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-was-tom-walkers-reaction-death-his-wife-459224Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:04:02 PST"The Devil and Tom Walker" is a fictional sketch by Washington Irving...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-character-traits-do-tom-walker-his-wife-share-135579
"The Devil and Tom Walker" is a fictional sketch by Washington Irving written with his characteristically humorous skepticism of human nature. Tom and his wife both are miserly and even strive to cheat the other. For, Mrs. Walter continually hides things and Tom forages through her things in search of what she may have cached from him; in addition, they physically fight, all of which makes for "a den of discord." Unusual for Tom, then, is his...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-character-traits-do-tom-walker-his-wife-share-135579Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:09:03 PSTAs is typical of Washington Irving's writing, "The Devil and Tom Walker"...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-can-you-infer-about-beliefs-new-englanders-473328
As is typical of Washington Irving's writing, "The Devil and Tom Walker" is a fictional sketch; and, as such, it has events and conditions that are reported on with a certain amount of skepticism. Religious fervor is one of the concepts that is viewed with some doubt. For instance, in the second paragraph, Irving's narrator Geoffrey Crayon observes, About the year 1727, just at the time that earthquakes were prevalent in New England and shook...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-can-you-infer-about-beliefs-new-englanders-473328Wed, 17 Dec 2014 04:12:40 PSTWhat can you infer about the beliefs of the New Englanders based on...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-can-you-infer-about-beliefs-new-englanders-473328
What can you infer about the beliefs of the New Englanders based on Tom's religious devotion in "The Devil and Tom Walker"?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-can-you-infer-about-beliefs-new-englanders-473328#6December 17, 2014, 12:29 am PSTTom Walker is a swarthy man, with soot on him as though he has been...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-charater-traits-represented-by-tom-walker-why-19055
Tom Walker is a swarthy man, with soot on him as though he has been tending fires. He is fearless and confronts his termagant wife in physical battle, at times. Moreover, he does not even fear the devil. But, when he tells his wife about this encounter with the Devil, he has a bitter quarrel with her. However Tom might have felt disposed to sell himself to the Devil, he was determined not to do so to oblige his wife; so he flatly refused, out...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-charater-traits-represented-by-tom-walker-why-19055Sat, 22 Nov 2014 06:17:52 PST1. Kidd the Pirate left buried gold on the banks of Boston. He...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-5-essential-plot-elements-devil-tom-walker-119577
1. Kidd the Pirate left buried gold on the banks of Boston. He eventually died and the devil now guards the hiding place. 2. Tom Walker takes a shortcut home through the swamp and meets Old Scratch, who is the devil. He offers Tom a large sum of money in exchange for certain conditions. Tom says he has to talk it over with his wife. 3. Tom and his wife do not like each other. They are described as mean and greedy. Tom's wife wants him to make...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-5-essential-plot-elements-devil-tom-walker-119577Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:59:33 PST